Rava Upma

This may sound easy to many of you.. But for me it was not... When I got married, I had no idea of how to make upma.My husband likes upma. So no other go i have to make it.Wen i cooked uppam for 1 st time that was horriable. My husband is the chef in making Upma i learned from him :).

Ingredients:

• Sooji/Rava - 1 cup
• Water - 2 1/2 cups
• mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
• Channa dhall - 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida powder - a pinch
• Green chillies - 1 or 2 (acc to taste)
• Onion - 1/2 cup finely chopped
• Curry leaves - few
• cashew - few
• Coriander leaves - 2 tsp (chopped)
• Oil - 2 tsp

Method:

• Dry roast the rava in a pan until aromatic and toasted.
• keep aside, let it cool.
• Take a pan, pre heat oil and ghee, splutter mustard seeds, add urad dhall, channa dhall , cashews and asafoetida powder and fry it till golden brown.
• Add green chilliesand saute' for a minute.
• Add 2 cups water and let it come to a boil and add salt.
• Now add the toasted rava, slowly while continuing to stir the mixture.
• Be careful and keep stirring otherwise the semolina will get lumpy. This step takes approx. less 1 minute to cook.